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This Hostgator support thread was started by al_NYC on 2009-12-06 17:27:52:

I started looking today into creating a website. it’s all greek to me though I am confident it can be done because many people are doing it with services like Hostgator and others.
here it is:
I am a scientist, i just want to create a site that will centralize info and links on one specific research topic with a page where people from my field can contribute ideas- a sort of online forum i guess. I am not selling anything. Pretty simple I think but then I start reading about linux and all sorts of jargon about webdesign and it’s overwhelming

questions:
1. will I own my domain name if I sign up with Hostgator?
2. I was looking at getting a shared webhosting (private) with the webnight service. does that sound about right?

THANKS
pre-hatchling

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